Home Education Careers Day

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Explore careers in the museum sector at this special day for home educated children. Meet staff working on the Horniman’s Nature and Love project, go behind the scenes, and hear about their roles, career journeys and experience.

The Horniman Museum and Gardens welcome nearly 1 million visitors a year.

We offer diverse career opportunities, from working with museum objects to creating exhibitions, teaching visiting learners, and caring for the Gardens and animals.

In our galleries, you can explore collections of taxidermy, world cultures and music, and visit our living aquarium. Outside the museum building, you can enjoy our beautiful gardens, Animal Walk and Butterfly House.

This careers event is an opportunity for home educated learners aged 12–17 to meet our curators, learning officers, gardeners and aquarists among others, to see where they work and hear what they do.

All staff involved in the event are currently working on the Horniman’s Nature & Love project, offering learners a unique insight into how this initiative is shaping the museum’s work. We will take you behind the scenes of our museum and living collections to explore the hidden roles that are essential to the running of our museum, so you can explore whether a career in museums might be for you!

Ticket information

  • Four free places are available for children of parents or carers who are on low income or in receipt of Universal Credit, Income Support or Job Seekers Allowance. Please contact schools@horniman.ac.uk to request a free ticket. All free spaces need to be pre-booked and will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis.
  • Ticket price includes 1 child with 1 accompanying adult.
  • Tickets are non-refundable.
  • Please arrive 10 min before the start of the event, latecomers cannot be admitted.
  • Only children booked onto the event may attend (with their accompanying adult); younger siblings cannot attend as spaces are limited.
  • Please follow our 12 – 17 years age recommendation to ensure learners get the most out of the event; unfortunately, younger children cannot be admitted.
  • Participants need to be always supervised by an accompanying adult.
  • The day will involve a lot of walking (including hills and stairs) and standing. If you require level access or any other access arrangements, please email schools@horniman.ac.uk to let us know how we can support you.